microphone

some of you may already know that there has been a new microphone installed this Christmas and it was weatherproofed using a co-op table salt container, disected and inverted :)

As a result the sound is a bit hollow. Are there any sound experts out there who can suggest some tips to make it sound perhaps a bit less like being stuck in a sea shell? :)

I guess i could stick some soft material inside the case so there is less echoing but i thought i would post in case some of our lambwatchers are experts in the field of sound :)

Have you thought of taping a plastic bag over the end of the container and putting holes in the bag...

I'll ask my brother tomorrow. He has a recording studio and he might have a few suggestions.

We would line the inside with egg cartons, to stop feedback.

I think the seashell effect just adds to the mysteriousness of being able to sit here on top of a snow bank in Canada and watch a bird-feeder on a little sheep farm 5000 miles away.   Amazing!

Thanks for the feedback everybody. Apparently natural fibres are a good buffer. In particular sheeps wool! I will try sticking in some cotton wool buds, are they natural wool? Probably not. But sheeps wool is stinky and oily so dont fancy hunting around for that :)

I found this link about cotton wool

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cotton-wool.htm

You could always use an old, clean woollen sock if there are any which are finished with. :)

Dan,

You could always get your Mum or Dad  to just clip some wool off one of the sheep..And wash it with a drop of washing up liquid then just leave to dry naturally...

I did that with the lambs tail you gave me on the first time I visit to the farm...

Cotton swabs, otherwise known as cotton wool "buds" - are made of cotton fibers.  But you can buy cotton wool "batting" at a chemist's -  a little of that should work fine.

I suggest you stuff the containers with marshmellows....Yummy...

All we would hear then, Karen, would be Ludvig von Earwig's jaws chomping away on the marshmellows.. lol........ 

How about stuffing it with Ludvig von earwig? Just kidding—I like him a lot. Tricia, what did your brother say?